"No progress towards a belter state of affairs can be made until that fact has been realized," continued Sir Alexander. "It must be a long work of patient and courageous effort. And the first requisite is ce-operation. In the first place ce-operation with other batlons, a recognition that no one State nowadays can live by or for itself, that each has something to contribute, and that each can look to the others for their contribution, And In the second place ce-operation at home—a united effort, in which every Individual should play his part, to Gevelop and consolidate the potent alities and forces of China. This. effort should be made, not in a spirit of narrow nationalism, but with a realization of the part that China could and should play in the world for her own benefit and that of others, a part that she can only play when' she has developed her own latent resources and powers. That requires a sustained effort on the pert of every individual and that effort in its turn requires a very great measure of self-discipline and a readiness to devote one's whole endeavour to the ultimate attain ment of a result that he cannot (probably hope to see in his lifetime.
"That is a hard saying, but I be-Move it to be a true one." Further, I not believe that a complete remedy for China's ills can be found by merely copying alien and apparently more progressive civilizations. Many of the theories and sys-toms which we have found to be to our own advantage cannot, I believe, {be thrust unchanged upon the very different civilization of China and are not perhaps best adapted to the very different temperament of the Chinese. If China requires help from others, believe that she will find them ready to give it: they could offer much from their store of experience, Dut China will have to select so much of it as sults her. She may have to adapt and modify to suit her portion cular needs, and it may be be that by wise selection and adaptation there will develop in China a natural growth far better and stronger than any allen importation.
The Uitimate Aim "But, as I hinted, before," said Sir Alexander, "the essential of any true and lasting progress is that China in developing herself should keep con~ stantly in view the aim of taking her due place in the comity of nations. It she would seek to improve her lot at the expense of others, to ac~ quire strength to use only' in the intereste of a narrow and mistrustful nationalism for purposes of self interest or proftt—her efforts are [probably doomed to failure.
"There is place for every nation in the world, a role which it is best destined to fil, a contribution that each can best make to the common welfare. Surely the War and the roubles that have come in its wake, culminating in the present economic crisis, should have taught us that no Jone State is self-sufficient. There fare signs that the depression is neering its end. My country in particular has shown signs of recovery, the result of efforts and sacrifices made and borne cheerfully by the mass of the people. But we know that our country cannot prosper alone and that ils recovery cannot go far unless other nations also find the way to a better state of things.
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